Pacific Rim was exactly as advertised: Robots vs Monsters. Next to no character development but I didn't mind it. I bought the ticket to see robots destroy monsters and that's exactly what I got. Del Toro did a phenomenal job. If you guys end up seeing it, IMAX 3D is the way to go.

shunt wtf u talking about. seemed to me the whole movie was about character development

IF KNIVES AND SWORDS ARE SO FUCKING EFFECTIVE WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY STILL USING FISTS AND ROCKET ELBOWS? JESUS 2 OF THEM GOT LITERALLY CUT IN HALF WITH NO EFFORT. THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD BE LOOKING INTO

IF KNIVES AND SWORDS ARE SO FUCKING EFFECTIVE WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY STILL USING FISTS AND ROCKET ELBOWS? JESUS 2 OF THEM GOT LITERALLY CUT IN HALF WITH NO EFFORT. THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD BE LOOKING INTO

Best part of the movie:

Spoiler!

She yells, 'This is for my family!' in Japanese(?) and cuts the monster in half. Straight out of an anime. So good.

Every other summer blockbuster that came out was a complete disappointment for me. (Man of Steel, Star Trek, Iron man 3, etc) I came out of pacific rim with a way better feeling and had a way better time watching them than any of those. Hell I even enjoyed WWZ and Fast 6 (I guess those weren't disappointments to me) above those summer blockbusters. Mud/Place Beyond the Pines were both really good movies, as was Before Midnight. Like I said though, I didn't come out of the theater with the same feeling as I did Pacific Rim.